The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| BUTTERINE, as it is called in England, is used
so extensively that the dairymen have applied
| t. Parliament for law compelling its name to
! be changed from butterine to margarine. Ghey
/ think that they can head it Off in that way
FIGHT between a cat and fox helped to
anuse the inhabitants of Waldoboro. n. H., for
| few moments the other day. After two min
uteS fighting the fox was so badly licked that "
made its way to the woods as fast as 1t could
run.
A WISCONSIN FARMER who used thirty five
balls of Irvine on his harvester, bought only
three balls at time and rode six miles to get
! them. Some one hal told him that twine would
be certain to drop cent a ball ana ne wanted
the advantage of the decrease
The organist was opening the organ and the
sexton was Juggling the bell rope when 1000
pound bell in st. Paul's Cathedral, Syracuse,
came down the other evening, breaking Two
floors in the belfry and twisting organ pipes
like straws. On the bellows it rested where a
bell ought to rest.
THE London cabmen recently sent delega-
ton to the Home Secretary, Mr.. Matthews ask
ing that the number of cab licenses shall be
limited There are now IL. 900 of them. The lot
of a London cab driver, while he sits in com
paratively comfortable seat, is hard. Mr.. Mat
thews promised to consider the application.
THE wife of William T. Allen, prominent
bank official, died in Richmond Tuesday un er
PAL ful circumstances Her son. small boy,
got into an alteration with gang of colored
boys Monday and finally fired a pistol at them,
the ball slightly wounding one of their number
The youth as before the police court and sent
on o the grand july When his mother received
the intelligence she was stricken with paraly SIS
and died.
CAPT. THOMPSON, of the British steamer Muley
Hassan, has remarkably sagacous retriever
dog. The steamer was passing through the
when q showed
OF resteSSneSS, and finally jumped overheard
A boat was lowered and the dog was discovered
holding the collar of the coat of drowning
man, who was lying across two oars. The man
was afterward discovered to be the only sur
vivor of a Spanish revenue felucca which had
been upset four hours previously.
THE cholera is weekly widening its area in
Southern Italy and is at the gates of Naples
There is general expectation that it will over
run Southern Europe in the next two months
probably spreading in every direction when the
dry season ends in the rains which so strangely
spread the Infection. The plague is firmly
seated in Malta, which makes English physi-
clans very nervous about its possible trans
mission to London by troop ships. always one
of the choicest means of transporting the con-
tagion.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's invitation to Pitts
burg is to be engraved on steel plate, which s
to be rolled until it is only three thousandths of
an inch in thickness and can be rolled together
in the form of a scroll. To roll piece of steel
so thin requires an enormous amount of work
and the greatest care and skill. Should there
be the slightest defect in the rolls the plate
would be wavy and spoiled. On the plate will
be engraved the invitation, with the names of
the presidents of the different committees at
tached the coats farms of the United States,
of the cities of PttSburg and Allegheny, and
the new court house
PERE DENIzoT, an old French miser. died re-
Gently in Paris. He lived by himself in an old
house, 10 Rue de Brosse, in the Quarter des
Archives. He was the laughing stock of the
neighborhood, as be wandered around in rags,
driving hard bargains with butchers for dogmeat
and scraps. ApopleXy carried him off finally An
spector of police, while making up his report of
the death in the old mans room, accidentally
knocked over table, from the drawer Of which
fell several rolls of gold. The officer hunted
through the wretched place, and found gold and
silver amounting to 100, 900 francs and securities
to the value of nearly 100000 francs. AS Pere
Denizot is supposed to have no heirs, all this
money goes to the State.
A ''MoNKEY-wRENCH'' is not so named because
it is a handy thing to monkey with, or for any
kindred reason Monkey is not its name at
all, but ''Moncl<y." Charles Moncky, the in
ventor of it, sold his patent for $4,000, and in
vested the money in house in Williamsburg,
Kings county, n. y, where he now lives Iron,
a London trade paper says that $4,000 dozen
Moncky wrencheS are exported to Europe an
Europe" says IRON. such as Krupp, of Ger
many, Whitworth & Armstrong, of England,
and HotchkiSS, of France, with their vast re-
sources, are unable to produce Moncky or
screw-bar wrench equal to the American
wrencheS, and consequently they have to i'm
port these tools from the States"
THE home of Giovanni P. Morosini, at River
dale on the Hudson, has many other peculiar
and attractive features besides the museum of
military arms about which so much has been
published. Persons driving along River avenue
in front of the house are greeted by the cries of
parrots and other tropical birds. In the ken
nels are a score or more of dogs, the stables
contain nearly as many horses, while flock of
sheep Craze in the meadow beyond along with
herd of rare cattle. One of the sights for pas-
sengers on the Hudson river railroad each after
noon is to see the manner in which Mr.. Morosi-
mis- unmarried daughter handles the ribbons of
the capering horses with which she comes to
meet her father at Kingsbridge. 1t is rumored
that Mr.. MOrosini has been negotiating for the
purchase of 'Greystonen from the Tilden es-
tate
AT one of his Mortified meetings on Monday.
Mr., Moody, who was preaching about Prayer"
said: MAN may pray like a saint, but if he has
a dollar in his pocket not acquired honestly his
prayer is a sham, and he must make restitution
if he expects ever TO have God hear bis prayer"
Thereupon merchant from Dallas, Tex, rose
in the audience and told a story that empha-
sized this point. He had. he said got dishon-
eStly from men in his business some $500, and
had built house with the money. Then Mr..
Moody happened along and preached on this
subject of restitution and the merchant was
present. Il heard you," he said, pointing to Mr.
Moody, ''and went straight home and told my
wife that we must sell the house and restore the
money And we did. We held an auction and
our carpets, our laces. our furniture oil left u.s.
and with the proceeds we made restitution :"
The man then told how he and his wife started
again in life with nothing, and how he had
prospered. His credit, his prosperity had never
been so good.
"FRIEDRIcHRUHE," says the Pail Mall
Gazette, is often visited by Hamburg pleasure
seekers, not only because it is BsmarclI's resi-
dcnoe, but because of the prettine5s of the sur
rounding scenery. 4 short time ago party of
ladies and gentlemen made an excursion from
the Elbe port to the Chancellor's seat, and after
wandering about in the forest sought rest in a
secluded spot, whore one of re number-a lady
possessing rare vocal giftS-undertook to sing
The song over, loud plaudits were raised among
the hearers, when all at once q rustic was heard
in the bITIshwood and the figure of a tall and
elderly gentleman. dressed in plain. dark-gray
walking suit, and with gray moustache, made its
appearance. Il Prince Bismarck. who
greeting the company IN n friendly manner
desired to have tbt singer presented TO him
The hluShing young lady bowed End appeared
to be distressed, bit the Chancellor set her fears
at rest, cS he said III kindly tones, MY dear
miss, you have really pleased me by your song
and thank you for the artistic enjoyment YOU
have given me" With these words the unex.
ppcted bt,t amiable int !tldcr withdrew